How can one get from one parallel universe to another?

[Albertgauss]

Hi all,

This is an entirely new question, separate from the post I just asked. I am just learning about parallel universes, and am starting from scratch.

Is there any information about how to go between parallel universes? What are the physical barriers from doing so?

I know this is broad, but maybe a couple of simplistic examples would suffice.

Thanks

 

[mathman]

Hi all,

This is an entirely new question, separate from the post I just asked. I am just learning about parallel universes, and am starting from scratch.

Is there any information about how to go between parallel universes? What are the physical barriers from doing so?

I know this is broad, but maybe a couple of simplistic examples would suffice.

Thanks

There is no information about going between. It is not a question of physical barriers - it is a question of no known connections, assuming they exist.

 

[arivero]

I think it involves a box with a potato and a switch marked West/East

 

[marcus]

I think it involves a box with a potato and a switch marked West/East

You fiend! You have stolen my invention!

 

[arivero]

You fiend! You have stolen my invention!

I always suspected you were Willis Linsay. Not the real name, by the way.

 

[phinds]

Hi all,

This is an entirely new question, separate from the post I just asked. I am just learning about parallel universes, and am starting from scratch.

Is there any information about how to go between parallel universes? What are the physical barriers from doing so?

I know this is broad, but maybe a couple of simplistic examples would suffice.

Thanks

Albert, the reason this thread has drifted off into frivolity is that there is absolutely NO evidence for parallel universes and most physicists (although not all) just don't take the concept seriously. Even if they DO exist, it is unlikely that there will be any way to detect them, much less figure out how to move between them (a concept that is unlikely to have any physical meaning anyway).

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

I think it involves a box with a potato and a switch marked West/East

Is that book any good?

 

[arivero]

Is that book any good?

Only for hard fans of Prachett (or Baxter). It is not another version of Discworld but another version of Ringworld (!), using "steps" across parallel universes instead of the original Ring and following the same scheme of a small tripulation exploring the long world. Some parts of the book sounds as the ones that Prachett labels "for young adults" (Nation, etc).

 

[Albertgauss]

"NO evidence for parallel universes and most physicists (although not all) just don't take the concept seriously".

I didn't realize that. I suppose I'm a victim of hollywood here, and sci-fi writers love to use || universes so thought there was something behind them. I have seen lectures in grad school about branes and M-theory but if they are just pure conjecture at this point, its good to know. In a way its too bad, I was really looking to learn about them.

 

[MathematicalPhysicist]

"NO evidence for parallel universes and most physicists (although not all) just don't take the concept seriously".

I didn't realize that. I suppose I'm a victim of hollywood here, and sci-fi writers love to use || universes so thought there was something behind them. I have seen lectures in grad school about branes and M-theory but if they are just pure conjecture at this point, its good to know. In a way its too bad, I was really looking to learn about them.

Yesterday's dreams are tomorrow's reality.